Exam 22: Real Property and Land-Use Control

A fixture is an item of personal property attached to real property in a permanent way.

Taking private property for public use requires the payment of "just compensation."

Uri and Veda each own one-half of Wind Power, an alternative energy products company, as a tenant in common.Uri sells his interest to Xavier, who now owns

Fact Pattern 22-1 Virgil owns a ranch in Wyoming.His ownership rights include the right to sell or give away the property without restriction, and the right to commit waste, if he chooses. -Refer to Fact Pattern 22-1.Virgil conveys some of his land to Tomas with the right to possess and use the property for a certain period of time.Virgil has given Tomas

Kenneth has a periodic tenancy that requires him to pay rent weekly.Kenneth wishes to terminate his tenancy.Under the common law, he must give his landlord notice of at least

The zoning board of Urban City issues a permit that allows an exemption to zoning regulations for property that Nature's Plenty Food Company owns as long as Nature's Plentycomplies with specific requirements to ensure that the use does not affect thecharacteristics of the area.This is

The exterior boundaries of land extend down to the depth of the deepest hole and up to the height of the tallest structure and no further.

It is presumed that a co-tenancy is a tenancy in common unless there is specific language indicating the intent to establish a joint tenancy.

Bliss County Zoning Commission demands that Commercial Development, Inc., the private developer of Discount Stores, allocate space for parking and take other measures to manage traffic.This is

LaDonna signs a one-year lease with Mae to occupy an apartment near the University of Iowa.LaDonna needs the apartment for two semesters only and may have to sublet it for the rest of the term.LaDonna's tenancy is

A joint tenant cannot transfer his or her rights by sale or gift without the consent of the other joint tenants.

Zoning laws consist of the rules and regulations that collectively manage the development and use of land.

Eminent domain is the condemnation power of government to take land for public use.

One of the public-policy reasons for the adverse possession doctrine is ensuring that real property remains in the stream of commerce.

Emmett, the owner of Fallow Fields Farm, sells Greta a right to camp on Fallow land overnight.Greta's right is

Heavy Equipment Inc.stores its tractors, graders, trucks, and dozers in buildings surrounded by a fence on land that the company owns.Thefence and the wall of one of the buildings leans onto adjacent land that Indigo County Airport owns.Most likely, this violates the airspace rights of

Fact Pattern 22-1 Virgil owns a ranch in Wyoming.His ownership rights include the right to sell or give away the property without restriction, and the right to commit waste, if he chooses. -Refer to Fact Pattern 22-1.Virgil's ownership interest is

Alexis sells half of her Triple A Ranch land to the Big B Ranch.On the land is a reservoir.In the deed, Alexis retains the right to remove a lim-ited amount of water per day from the res-ervoir.This right is

The U.S.government has an ultimate ownership right in all of the land within its borders.

A license is a right to go onto land owned by another and take away some part of the land itself or some product of the land.